Re: live cd

From: jim bob and joe bob (wheatbread_at_milo.corn)
Date: 12/21/04


Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:05:15 -0600

Jack Malmostoso wrote:
> Ciao Victor Ramiro, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
>
>
>>well, i've been looking for a live cd, and i found a few distributions.
>>my problem is that any of that cd's worked on my ibook (i couldnt start
>>from the cd, and y tried ALL the keys :) ).
>
>
> As for now I know of two very good looking livecds on PPC:
>
> Gentoo (www.gentoo.org)
>
> Rocklinux
> (http://iso.rocklinux.de/rock-ftp/unofficial/fake/livecd-powerpc-604e-rev4860.iso)

Any suggestions for burning one of those to a cd from MacOS? What
format to use? Any preparation to the .iso file before burning? Is it
even possible to do from MacOS? If not what is the point?
Keith

> I don't remember the exact link for the former, for the latter just type
> "startx" at the prompt when the system has booted.
> It has got a very nice KDE desktop with everything you could ever need.
>
> Anyway, just insert the cd, reboot and keep the "c" key pressed.
>



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